Back to the Las Vegas Raiders Newsfeed

Oakland Raiders: How the Black Hole saved my life (well, sort of)

Will the Dec. 24 Raiders game be the last one played at the Oakland Coliseum? That prospect has me thinking about a surreal day many years ago.

I had bought into a season ticket group when the Raiders were heading back from Los Angeles to Oakland. A reporter who worked for me, the late great Dan Reed, was pulling together some buddies to pay for one of Al Davis’ PSLs. But he needed one more to make the financing work for the personal seat license and season tickets.

I overheard him in our Mercury News bureau and said count me in.